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it is time to change course in the middle east. that should be organized around these bedrock principles -- america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our minds. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our results to defeat them. no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's ability to back up our words. i will put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. i will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran, and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. i will restore the permanent presence of aircraft carriers and task forces in both the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. and i will work with israel to increase our military assistance and coordination. for the sake of peace, we must make clear to iran for actions, not just words, that their nuclear pursuits will not be tolerated. i will reaffirm our historic ties
it is time to change course in the middle east. that should be organized around these bedrock principles -- america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our minds. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our results to defeat them. no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's ability to back up our words. i will put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our...
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it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be original niced around the principles, america must have confidence in our cause. clarity in our purpose. and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them. and no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. i'll restore the permanent presence of aircraft carrier attach forces in the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. and i'll work with israel to increase our military assistance and coordination. for the sake of peace, we must make clear to iran through actions not just words that nuclear pursuit will not be tolerated. i'll reaffirm historic ties to israel abiding com
it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be original niced around the principles, america must have confidence in our cause. clarity in our purpose. and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them. and no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our...
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it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be organized around these bedrock principles. america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them, and no one anywhere, french or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. i will not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. i'll restore the permanent presence of aircraft carrier task forces in both the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. and i will work with israel to increase our military assistance and coordination. for the sake of peace we must make clear to iran through actions not just words, that there their nuclear pursuit will not be tolerated. i'll reaffirm our histori
it's time to change course in the middle east. that course should be organized around these bedrock principles. america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them, and no one anywhere, french or foe, will doubt america's capability to back up our words. i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and...
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both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one free trade agreement. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the principles of free enterprise, expanding existing relationships, and establishing new ones. i'll support friends around the middle east that support our values and need help defending them. in libya i'll support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them. i'll vigorously pursue the terrorists who attacked our consulate in benghazi and killed our fellow americans. in egypt i'll use our influence, including clear conditions on our aid to urge the new government to represent all egyptians, to build democratic institutions, and to maintain its peace treaty with israel, and we must persuade our friends and allies to place similar stipulation on their aid. in syria i'll work with our partners to identify and organize those members of the opposition that share our values and then insure they obtain the arms they need to defeat ass
both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one free trade agreement. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the principles of free enterprise, expanding existing relationships, and establishing new ones. i'll support friends around the middle east that support our values and need help defending them. in libya i'll support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them. i'll vigorously pursue the...
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but i can say this: that we're talking about the middle east, and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we are seeing and the rising tied of temult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we are going it deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence but i will respond to a couple of things that you mentioned first of all, russia i indicate sad geopolitical foe. >> -- >> excuse me. geopolitical feo. -- foe. iran is the greatest national security threat. russia has battled us in the u.n. i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. i will not say to him i will give you more flexibility after the election. after the election he will get more backbone. number two, with regards to iraq, you and i agreed, i believe, that there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> that's not true. >> you didn't want a status of forces agreement? >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq th
but i can say this: that we're talking about the middle east, and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we are seeing and the rising tied of temult and confusion. and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we are going it deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence but i will respond to a couple of things that you mentioned first of all, russia i indicate...
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welcome across town to my job we're talking about the arab middle east. ok. ok let's see if i go back to you in london i'll be quite honest with all of you i was quite appalled by mr obama's address to the united nations i mean it's a very american centric view of changes in the in the arab middle east here and it was a very much out of american interest which of course you know we can expect that from the president ok but you know again kind of monopolizing the idea of democracy and human rights etc and that's what was your reaction to the president's speech. when there was lots of nice sounding rhetoric and words you do not think you go as usual and you have to given that this is an election year you have to make excuses in some ways because he he has to pander to the right slightly because of all the accusations it's made against him so i think he's he's thinking about the reelection he's thinking about how he's perceived in terms of his position with regard to israel and palestine so he's making statements that are a lot more right wing than you might exp
welcome across town to my job we're talking about the arab middle east. ok. ok let's see if i go back to you in london i'll be quite honest with all of you i was quite appalled by mr obama's address to the united nations i mean it's a very american centric view of changes in the in the arab middle east here and it was a very much out of american interest which of course you know we can expect that from the president ok but you know again kind of monopolizing the idea of democracy and human...
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it was mainly a criticism of obama in the middle east. he ticked through about a half dozen areas where he disagreed. for example, lack of support for the iranian, green revolution, watching what's going on in syria. the complete withdrawal from iraq. and, again, he put forward a few areas where i think there are some policy departures but i think it's best judged as a middle east speech, not foreign policy. >> rose: david? >> charlie, on this point i thought what was interesting both in the speech and the briefing that the romney advisors gave to a goup of us sterayahead of the speech was that he wants to portray president obama as an outliar in america foreign policy. in fact, one of the foreign policy advisors made the point that president obama in his view had departed from 70 years of bipartisan agreement, an agreement in which you sort of focus on your allies first and not on engaging your adversaries. what i think was missing from the speech was any direct engagement with the question of the bush years and th bush doctrine. for exa
it was mainly a criticism of obama in the middle east. he ticked through about a half dozen areas where he disagreed. for example, lack of support for the iranian, green revolution, watching what's going on in syria. the complete withdrawal from iraq. and, again, he put forward a few areas where i think there are some policy departures but i think it's best judged as a middle east speech, not foreign policy. >> rose: david? >> charlie, on this point i thought what was interesting...
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east, which the middle east has to deal with as it goes along. this is not something we had some time ago. a secularist country and as you well know to dominate the scene, but certainly had a major effect on the scene after the success in turkey. so, religion is something which has to be contended with, which has to be dealt with. and i would suggest to you, this morning that i don't think we have found the ways and means of dealing with religion as a political faction in determining international relations. we have also other aspects of the situation, which would have to be very clear about. first of all, i would like to mention the fact that russia is returning to be a serious actor in the middle east. for over a decade and more, after the dissolution of the soviet union, russia did not play a major role. but this is beginning to change. it began to change after the events in libya, where russia suffered a second setback from his point of view, following the setback it had in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein and the fall of russian influen
east, which the middle east has to deal with as it goes along. this is not something we had some time ago. a secularist country and as you well know to dominate the scene, but certainly had a major effect on the scene after the success in turkey. so, religion is something which has to be contended with, which has to be dealt with. and i would suggest to you, this morning that i don't think we have found the ways and means of dealing with religion as a political faction in determining...
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russia is a middle east power. alongside the united states, is beginning to show its mettle in one way or another this catapults the middle east back into the realm of international politics, into what was once the big divide for so many years between the united states and the soviet union. the end of the cold war, the fact that in desert storm, the first iraqi war, russia, the soviet union actually, fought alongside the united states, it was part of the coalition which confronted saddam hussain, if you will remember that particular event in history, an interesting event. after that, there was a change. and russia succeeded into the background for a few years. now they are coming back. the middle east is becoming again a scene of international conflict. it is something which cannot be ignored and cannot be denied. and then we have iran. i do not mention iran to direct my duty as an is really geared we do not mention iran. we have iran which is now undergoing a very difficult time period in its history. it has resum
russia is a middle east power. alongside the united states, is beginning to show its mettle in one way or another this catapults the middle east back into the realm of international politics, into what was once the big divide for so many years between the united states and the soviet union. the end of the cold war, the fact that in desert storm, the first iraqi war, russia, the soviet union actually, fought alongside the united states, it was part of the coalition which confronted saddam...
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but i can say this, that we're talking about the middle east, and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rising tide of tumult and confusion, and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated is a geopolitical foe, not a -- >> not number one -- >> excuse me. it's a geopolitical foe. and in the same paragraph, i said iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. colored wearing rose- glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. and i certainly am not going to say to him, i'll give you more flexibility after the election. after the election he'll get more backbone. number two, with regards to iraq, you and i agreed, i believe, there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> that's
but i can say this, that we're talking about the middle east, and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rising tide of tumult and confusion, and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated is a...
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is the middle east in tumbled? yes. is al qaeda on the run? -- middle east in tumult? yes. is al qaeda on the line? yesterday have not seen the progress we need to have to rebut strong leadership and an effort to build a strategy, we the kind piece of the world demand. >> our strategy was not just going after osama bin laden. we created partnerships around the region to do with extremism in somalia, yemen, pakistan. what we have also done is a gauge the government's in the -- engage the government in the kind of reforms that will make a difference and the people's lives day-to-day. to make sure that they are treating women with the kind of respect and dignity that every nation has shown and to make sure they have a free market system that works. across the board, we are engaging them in building capacity in these countries and we have stood on the side of democracy. one thing americans should be proud of when two nations began to protest this nation, me, my administration stood with them earlier than just about any other country. in egypt, we stood on the side of democracy.
is the middle east in tumbled? yes. is al qaeda on the run? -- middle east in tumult? yes. is al qaeda on the line? yesterday have not seen the progress we need to have to rebut strong leadership and an effort to build a strategy, we the kind piece of the world demand. >> our strategy was not just going after osama bin laden. we created partnerships around the region to do with extremism in somalia, yemen, pakistan. what we have also done is a gauge the government's in the -- engage the...
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east if the nato and its allies when that are countries of the middle east will fall under western nato control for a big a distro come and if syria is able to resist this onslaught this is a blood drive on it that will be a setback for a mentor and that i've been a dream is allying with nato in new york i had you jump in we have very different points of view. i have to partially disagree with flint and. there are undoubtedly foreign forces at play here what he sees the continuation of the cold war in the middle east between iran and saudi arabia between sunni and shiite forces absolutely but i disagree with the point of view that this is just the foreign power struggle no it's not assad regime for many years as oppresses own people has been distinct irruption in that country where many people around in the countryside have been marginalized they have been massive abuses of human rights. over the years and the syrian people have basically been ruled by the barrel by the gun in that country and what we see is a backlash of many years of oppressive policies by the assad regime so yes ther
east if the nato and its allies when that are countries of the middle east will fall under western nato control for a big a distro come and if syria is able to resist this onslaught this is a blood drive on it that will be a setback for a mentor and that i've been a dream is allying with nato in new york i had you jump in we have very different points of view. i have to partially disagree with flint and. there are undoubtedly foreign forces at play here what he sees the continuation of the cold...
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but i can say this, that we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east to reject the kind of terrorists we're seeing and the rising tumult and confusing. attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me does not talk about the challenges in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things that you mentioned. first of all, russia i indicated a geopolitical foe and i said in the same paragraph and iran is the biggest security threat we face. russia battles us in the u.n. i'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin and i won't say to him i'll give him more flexibility. after theer threx i'll give him more backbone. you and i agree we should have been more status -- you didn't? >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 groups in iraq that would tie us down. that certainly would not help us in the middle east. >> i'm sorry -- >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of troops and i concurred and i said we should have some n
but i can say this, that we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east to reject the kind of terrorists we're seeing and the rising tumult and confusing. attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me does not talk about the challenges in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple of things that you mentioned. first of all, russia i indicated a geopolitical foe and i said in the same paragraph...
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unfortunately, that's exactly where we find ourselves in the middle east under president obama. >> but a fellow republican, senator rand paul, tells cnn that romney's approach is wrong, that more u.s. intervention in the mideast would not be effective, that our wars have fared poorly. in your opinion, what is the role of the u.s. in this region? >> first of all, we have to determine, is this region important to us? and the answer definitely is yes. because of our allies in the region from nato ally turkey which is under fire right now from syria to israel that's constantly being threatened to our gulf allies. secondly, energy. thirdly, this is the transportation and geographic hub of eurasia. fourthly, it's the cradle of civilizations in religions, it's part of our heritage. we can't walk away from the middle east, but it's a very tough, it's a very dangerous and it's a very turbulent region. and we take risks in being out there. >> former u.s. ambassador to iraq and turkey, jim jeffrey, thank you. >> thank you. >>> tens of thousands may have been given the contaminated steroid injecti
unfortunately, that's exactly where we find ourselves in the middle east under president obama. >> but a fellow republican, senator rand paul, tells cnn that romney's approach is wrong, that more u.s. intervention in the mideast would not be effective, that our wars have fared poorly. in your opinion, what is the role of the u.s. in this region? >> first of all, we have to determine, is this region important to us? and the answer definitely is yes. because of our allies in the...
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that we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rising tide of tumult and confusion and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple things you mentioned. first of all, russia i indicated is a geopolitical foe. not -- excuse me. it is a geopolitical foe. i said in the same paragraph, i said, "and iran is the greatest national security threat we face." russia does continue to battle us in the u.n., time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. i'm not going to wear rose colored glass wes when it comeso russia or mr. putin. with regards to iraq, you and i agreed that there should have about ban status of forces agreement. >> that's not true. >> you didn't want a status of forces agreement? >> no. what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq that would tie us down. that certainly would not help us in
that we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rising tide of tumult and confusion and attacking me is not an agenda. attacking me is not talking about how we're going to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple things you mentioned. first of all, russia i indicated is a geopolitical foe. not --...
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he wants to change the reality in the middle east. he wants to rule the governing regime in the middle east. you want to say it and i believe it. if israel has nuclear power, i think everybody knows it is in order to show strength and to avoid another war. and i don't intend to convince you because i know that is something we cannot agree on. but i think if you read my book, you'd need to know the enemy. you need to know the other side. >> look, i'm not ready about, but, but a major op-ed in "the new york times" and you fudged a little bit here and there. >> thank you. [laughter] >> sera, was a pleasure to be here. this is a last-minute trip and a friend of mine and i had read some of your background. i sold everything i've had. it is amazing that one nuclear bomb on tel aviv would wipe out a lot of israelis more than any other city. that's a very scary thought and that is that many of those folks in that region are adamant on. so i agree with you. there is a caliber and fortitude guidance and leadership to make thank you for that. bu
he wants to change the reality in the middle east. he wants to rule the governing regime in the middle east. you want to say it and i believe it. if israel has nuclear power, i think everybody knows it is in order to show strength and to avoid another war. and i don't intend to convince you because i know that is something we cannot agree on. but i think if you read my book, you'd need to know the enemy. you need to know the other side. >> look, i'm not ready about, but, but a major op-ed...
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east, president would give great speeches and all of a sudden then middle east would turn into our favor he would be able to persuade them the way he persuaded voters in the u.s., he misread the situation. neil: they just hate us. >> not just hate, there is a conflict in place, between folks that want world to live like them, they see u.s. standing in their way, you don't want women to go to school, you don't want women to drive, they hate our freedoms and they hate our democracy, they see u.s. as a force for of that the world they try to dreyfus out, but -- drive us out, but the president bought into this notion, the way that middle east of the way it was because we were mean to them, and they don didn't like george bush. and what happened, president obama did nothing, he said i'm not going to interfere. neil: what should mitt romney do to distinguish himself there moving forward we want to avoid war, armed conflict should be last solution. the last alternative. and the firmer you are in leaving that option on the table, the less likely you will have an armed conflict. let's go back 6 m
east, president would give great speeches and all of a sudden then middle east would turn into our favor he would be able to persuade them the way he persuaded voters in the u.s., he misread the situation. neil: they just hate us. >> not just hate, there is a conflict in place, between folks that want world to live like them, they see u.s. standing in their way, you don't want women to go to school, you don't want women to drive, they hate our freedoms and they hate our democracy, they...
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you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process forward. i'm afraid there is some truth to that conclusion. >> brown: walter mead, what do you see when you hear about the use of the term like "unraveling of foreign policy"? >> well, i would say that we're clearly... the hope that president obama could sort of turn things around from the bush administration doesn't seem to have been fulfilled. you know, i think zbigniew is right, to some degree what happened there was president obama in those early weeks made the sort of claim in a sense that he was going to start a new relationship with the islamic world and pressuring israel to stop all settlements in the middle east is what he was going to do. unfortunately that was something he was not able to deliver on, probably shouldn't have made the pledge. but in any case, once that happened, the palestinians pretty mu
you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process forward. i'm afraid there is some truth to that conclusion. >> brown: walter mead, what do you see when you hear about the use of the term like "unraveling of foreign policy"? >> well, i would say that we're clearly... the hope that president...
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a geopolitical order in the middle east. that is one of the fundamental reasons behind the support for iran and their other such is what iran might do in the caucasus is russia was antagonistic and the threat of iranian oil experts if iran became pro-western which undermined the geopolitical weapon and so on. nonetheless it is essential to russian geopolitical thinking that russia must play a role in the middle east and it cannot allow the middle east to the rendered peaceful strictly by u.s. efforts along. it continuation of tension arm sales, running guns and that a program to run guns in iran until 2081 and was exposed. the running of guns and weapons that were seen in syria attempted diplomacy in cyprus against turkey and other similar examples show that rush is determined to play a great power role here through all of the available means and to prevent the united states from consolidating a geopolitical -- and they see the united states as attempting to do so by means of this democracy promotion mechanism and by the uni
a geopolitical order in the middle east. that is one of the fundamental reasons behind the support for iran and their other such is what iran might do in the caucasus is russia was antagonistic and the threat of iranian oil experts if iran became pro-western which undermined the geopolitical weapon and so on. nonetheless it is essential to russian geopolitical thinking that russia must play a role in the middle east and it cannot allow the middle east to the rendered peaceful strictly by u.s....
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we're talking about the middle east and how to help the middle east have an agenda. attacking is not talking about how to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east and take advantage of the opportunity there and stem the tide of this violence. but i'll respond to a couple things you mentioned. first of all, russia, i indicated, is a geopolitical foe. and i said in the same paragraph, i said and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear rised on this. i'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to russia and i'm not going to say to him, i'll give you more flexibility after the election. after the election, he'll get more backbone. with regards to iraq, we agreed that there should have been a status of forces agreement. >> what i would not have done is left 10,000 troops in iraq to tie us down. that would not help us in the middle east. >> i'm sorry. there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement and i concurred i
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. >> the first segment is the challenge of the changing middle east and the new face of terrorism. i will put this into two segment so you'll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject. the first question, and it concerns libya, the controversy over what happened there continues. for americans are dead, including an american ambassador. questions remain. what happens? what caused it? was a spontaneous? was it an intelligence failure? was it a policy failure? was there an attempt to mislead people about what really happened? governor romney, he said this was an example of an american policy in the middle east that is unraveling before our very eyes. i'd like to hear each of you give your thoughts on that. governor romney, you won the toss. you go first. >> thank you, bob, and thank you for agreeing to moderate this debate this evening. thank you to lynn university for welcoming us here, mr. president, it is good to be with you again. we were together at a humorous event a little earlier, and it's nice to maybe be funny this time not on purpose. this is an area
. >> the first segment is the challenge of the changing middle east and the new face of terrorism. i will put this into two segment so you'll have two topic questions within this one segment on that subject. the first question, and it concerns libya, the controversy over what happened there continues. for americans are dead, including an american ambassador. questions remain. what happens? what caused it? was a spontaneous? was it an intelligence failure? was it a policy failure? was...
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but they are no substitute for a national security strategy for the middle east. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east, aligned with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> watch his speech, read the speech, wolf. and, you know, i heard him say that in the arab world, in iran, he seems indifferent to the struggles of people on our side. i heard a lot of tone, but not a lot of specifics. are you with me? what did you hear? >> he was referring to what he called the weak reaction from the obama administration to the uprising, if you will, in iran, a couple of years ago, when there were protests. people were angry and the u.s. was on the sidelines, the president did not directly speak out and the explanation that the administration at the time gave was that the opposition didn't want this to appear to be the opposition to the ayatollahs, standing up in iran, with the backing of united states. that could
but they are no substitute for a national security strategy for the middle east. i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east, aligned with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> watch his speech, read the speech, wolf. and, you know, i heard him say that in the arab world, in iran, he seems indifferent to the struggles of people...